Possessed by the Alpha by Nancy Corrigan

Author:Nancy Corrigan [Corrigan, Nancy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781946672933
Publisher: Cherokee House Publishing LLC
Published: 2020-05-13T05:00:00+00:00

Twenty-One

Kade

A familiar brush along my psyche tears a sigh from me. “I should’ve known you’d come.”

The male with whom I shared a womb takes a spot next to me on the overlook, his legs dangling over the side along with mine. Rafe doesn’t say anything for a long time. Neither do I. Anything I utter would encourage my identical twin to spend more time with me. I’ve done everything in my power to avoid such a fate in the year since he’s had his every wish fulfilled.

“Not every wish. Life wouldn’t have any meaning if I didn’t want something for myself or those I care about.”

I snort. “Reading my mind again?”

“Hard not to when you don’t block me.”

I shrug. The twin bond is like that. We’ve shared too much over our long lives, from childhood adventures to lovers and all the highs and lows in between. While Rafe has erected a wall between our minds in the past, especially during the stressful time of finding his true mate, doing the same to him now isn’t something I’m comfortable with. My twin is my conscience, my last-ditch hope of stopping me from doing something that would fuck over our pride.

“Which is why you should’ve known I’d come.”

I brace myself with my arms behind me and tip my head to the almost-full moon. The moonlight gives off no warmth, but my skin heats. My primal side is close. In our youth, such a surge of primitiveness would’ve sent us prowling the neighboring villages looking for women to satisfy our hungers.

Rafe chuckles. “True. Those were wild years. We probably would’ve given our father gray hair if he’d been human. How many times did our father or uncles come to collect us before we worked our way through every female in the village?”

“Enough times. We were stupid, horny, barely mature males.” The conversation I had with Vince a few days ago returns, leaving me with a modicum of understanding. Shifters need guidance during those formative years. “We were lucky to have strong familial support.”

“We were.” Solemnness creeps into Rafe’s voice. “Many young shifters never benefitted from a stable pride environment. Or pack, clan. You get the point.”

“Don’t bother trying to generalize your comment. I’m sure you picked up on who I was thinking about.”

“Vincent Catania.”

“Yuran.” I add Vince’s pride name. “Vince claims Asa handed him over to humans to raise because he didn’t want to deal with the pesky emotions seeing his late sister’s son caused him.”

“Rumor has it Asa’s the one who took her head because she didn’t want to send Vince away.”

“Is that so?”

“Yes.”

“What other rumors are floating around?”

“Vince wants to make amends for what happened to Zoe.”

“So I’ve heard.” And I still haven’t decided if I believe him.

Rafe’s gaze on me forces my attention to him. To strangers, his long hair is the only thing that differentiates us. Like this, however, with nobody else to judge us, our differences—those our souls hide—widen the gap between us. Somewhere along the way, we’ve

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.